New SSD advice please...

Hey guys! I am currently in the market for a new SSD. I am looking to get around a 250-500 GB drive and I am looking to spend between R1500 and R2500. Reliability and speed take priority over capacity. Does anyone have any advice?

Reasons for why you recommend the drives that you do would be appreciated, although "I used one and didn't have problems" doesn't really tell me much though.

Going from a traditional hard drive to any SSD will be a massive performance boost. That being said, Samsung EVOs are probably the best bang from the reviews I read last year. Samsung Pro and Intel were the leaders, but cost a bit more.